TAYLOR - COBB COUNTY, GA - BIOS James Welsman Brown
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JAMES WELSMAN BROWN
James Welsman Brown was born in Charleston, SC, July
14, 1840. His parents were Robert Ewing Brown and
Amelia Elizabeth Welsman. James's maternal grandfather,
James Welsman was a very wealthy merchant in
Charleston, and the Brown family was prominent there as
well.
During the Civil War James was in Co. C, 2nd SC
Artillery Reg't, CSA. He entered service as a Capt.and
by war's end was a Lt. Col.
On Feb. 8, 1866, James married Sarah Nephew Davis in
Columbus, GA. He began making land transactions in GA,
and by 1870 was living in the Reynolds District of
Taylor Co., GA.
He bought an undivided half of a Georgia plantation
called 'Magnolia Bluff' located on the Flint River four
miles from Reynolds in Taylor County. He bought this
property in 1865. (per Researcher:Beth May 1999)
The children of James and Sarah were:
Matilda Louise, b. Feb. 11, 1867; mar. E. S. Cleland
Amelia Catherine, b. Dec 26, 1868
Sarah Davis Brown, b. Apr. 3, 1871
Robert Ewing Brown, b. June 13, 1873
Elizabeth Welsman, b. Jul 18, 1875, d. Jan.15, 1966, Glynn Co., GA; mar. George E. Atwood
Marie Schley, b. Mar 10, 1878; d. April 1, 1947, Ware Co., GA
James's wife, Sarah, is supposed to have died in 1878
when Marie was three months old. The date of James's
death is unknown.
Census for 1880 finds him in Cobb County - no Sarah,
but all of the children plus his sister, Amelia
Catherine age 38. James was a farmer in the 898th
Militia Dist which is Marietta. No estate values were
listed on the entire page.
Cobb Co. Marr. Index
Oct. 1880 between a James Weisman Brown and a Lutie A. Nutting.
James Welsman Brown died May 31, 1887 in
Atlanta, Ga. and is buried in Oakland
cemetery in Atlanta. His first wife, my
g-grandmother, Sarah Nephew Davis died
March 9, 1879 in Marietta. His second
wife, Lutie Amelia Nutting raised the
children. They are all buried in Oakland
cemetery, Atlanta. Sarah's grave is un
marked. (This paragraph from Frances
O'Brien )
The "Index to Georgia Wills"
James W. Brown-Cobb Co.-1887.
"Welsman's will is recorded in the DEEDS - Taylor Co. Deed
Book J pg 6-8. He names his heirs as sister Emma Sarah
Welsman, also Ex., sister Maria C. Otis, sister Amelia E.
Brown, neice Amelia C. Brown, and daughter Caroline Napier
Welsman. JTW married Caroline Napier from Macon, GA." per
wworm@gnat.net Sybil Willingham
"Some Georgia County Records", gave me an index to Cobb
Co. estates which lists the executors as being R.E.
Brown and W. H. Nutting.
R. E. Brown would undoubtedly be James's son Robert Ewing Brown.
No record of burial found.
NOTES:
Deeds - Taylor County Deed books
D/31
Oct 16, 1866 Bibb County, James Welsman Brown
(Taylor) to James T. Welsman of city of Charleston
SC. 3 promissory notes - each $6000 made Jan 20,
1866. Schedule of payment. Lots 228, 229, 230, 231,
210, 226, 224, 227 -1st District
Wit: W. Hazlehurst, R.W. Cubbage, NP
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Ordinary of Macon Co 18?? Authorized Burwell Green,
Adm de bonis non with the will annexed in the Estate
of Benjamin McKinney, dec'd to sell lands. Butler
sale Jan 1868 . James W. Brown, highest bidder, $500
LL 225 Dist 1